SYMPHONY IN BLUE
My toes curl over the side of the fold-down gunwale. I spring into the air before straightening my body. I gracefully glide into the water, the perfect swan dive. 10-point-freakin-0. I surface, fix my already perfect slicked back hair and see the Ocean Alexander 45 Divergence in a whole new light. Her freeboard is immediately taller and her sheer is more yacht-like.
Okay, fine. So that’s not exactly how it happened. But what I said about admiring the shape of the Divergence, that part is true.
The truth is I fumbled and plopped into the water with the grace of a bowling ball. My fins were too tight, my mask was too loose and immediately fogged up. , I thought to myself. Too late. I wish I could tell you I gained my composure and swam circles around the boat shooting photos with the practiced accuracy of Marc Montocchio—the famous underwater photographer who inspired my antics. That, alas, would also be a lie (of the few nice shots that accompany this story, there are fourfold unusable ones). Only after washing the salt from my face and reviewing the pictures on my
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